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Protective circuit for a rechargeable battery pack

protection circuit technology, applied in safety/protection circuits, electrochemical generators, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of inability to identify the incipient failure of an individual cell already in the new state of a rechargeable battery pack, and achieve the effect of avoiding consequential damag

Active Publication Date: 2013-06-27
ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO KG
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Benefits of technology

The patent is designed to identify and prevent unbalanced charging in a rechargeable battery pack. The design includes a narrow characteristic curve that helps to identify unbalanced cells when the battery is new and avoids damage by switching off the battery pack.

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The unbalancing limit, of a cell network in a rechargeable battery pack is designed according to what maximum permissible unbalancing can still be permitted in the aging state of the individual cells; in the new state of the rechargeable battery pack, accurate monitoring is not possible on account of the large unbalancing limits.
Therefore, an incipient failure of an individual cell already in the new state of a rechargeable battery pack cannot be identified.

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[0030]The rechargeable battery pack 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 consists of three cell series A, B and C, wherein in each cell series A, B and C five individual cells 2 are situated one behind another in series connection. Each individual cell 2 of each cell series A, B and C has a cell voltage U1a to U5a, U1b to U5b and U1c to U5c. In the embodiment shown, the cell series are situated in parallel connection at the poles (3, 4), between which the supply voltage Uv of rechargeable battery pack 1 is tapped off. Advantageously, the individual cells 2 are cells based chemically on lithium, for example, lithium-ion cells, lithium-polymer cells, lithium-iron cells or the like. The embodiment is based on a cell voltage of approximately 4.2 volts at full charge (FIG. 2), such that the maximum supply voltage UV is approximately 20 volts.

[0031]Instead of an individual cell 2, a cell block 20 can also be provided, as is indicated by dashed lines at the top left in FIG. 1. A cell block 20 can be co...

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Abstract

The invention is directed to a protective circuit for a multiplicity of individual Cells arranged in a rechargeable battery pack, wherein a predefined number of individual cells forms a cell network. A monitoring circuit for the state of charge of the individual cells in the cell network is provided. Wherein the voltage at an individual cell is detected and the detected voltages of a plurality of individual cells are compared among one another to output a signal when an unbalancing limit is exceeded unbalancing limit indicates a permissible voltage difference between two selected individual cells of the cell network. The unbalancing limit of the cell network is provided as a characteristic curve variable over its state of charge. To alter the unbalancing limit, the characteristic curve is altered in dependence on a correction value.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims priority of German patent application no. 10 2011 121 940.8, filed Dec. 22, 2011, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The invention relates to a protective circuit for a multiplicity of individual cells arranged in a rechargeable battery pack.BACKGROUND OF TEE INVENTION[0003]In a rechargeable battery pack, a multiplicity of individual cells are regularly interconnected in series and / or in parallel to provide a rechargeable battery pack having a desired supply voltage and capacity. In the new state, the individual cells have substantially an identical behavior and identical capacity; with increasing aging of the cells as a result of temperature influences, storage and loading, the performance of the individual cells will deviate from one another. Since a cell network, in particular a series circuit having individual cells, is in principle only as good as the wea...

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IPC IPC(8): H02J7/00
CPCH02J7/00H01M10/441H02H7/18G01R19/16542H01M10/052H01M10/486G01R31/362H02J7/0026G01R31/3835H02J7/0019Y02E60/10H02J7/0029
Inventor GAUL, HENRIKLIEBHARD, GERNOT
Owner ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO KG
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